Establishment of a difficult hypertension Clinic in Whangarei, New Zealand: The first 18 months

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 121, Issue 1285, 2008, Pages

  van der Merwe, Walter ^a  

^a AUCKLAND CITY HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CARVEDILOL; CLONIDINE; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; FUROSEMIDE; LABETALOL; LOOP DIURETIC AGENT; METHYLDOPA; MINOXIDIL; POTASSIUM SPARING DIURETIC AGENT; SPIRONOLACTONE; THIAZIDE DIURETIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CENTER; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCRIPTION; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; WHITE COAT HYPERTENSION; BLOOD PRESSURE; CLASSIFICATION; DRUG EFFECT; GENERAL PRACTICE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; BLOOD PRESSURE; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; OUTPATIENT CLINICS, HOSPITAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 56649087901     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11758716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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